| Description |
352 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Perspectives on practice and teaching -- Basic terminology -- Review/Study guide -- The nervous system -- Respiratory system -- Skeletal system -- Integumentary system -- Muscular system -- Regions of the body -- Joints and their risk factors -- Principles of physiology -- Vocabulary -- Observation tips : clothing, bony landmarks, prana -- "Getting the feel" for observation while teaching...and then teaching to those observations -- Cueing principles -- Shifting the common rhetoric -- Bones -- Range of motion -- Muscles -- Experiential learning -- Limitations -- Principles of teaching -- Observation skills -- Cueing principles (Dirty dozen redux) -- Practice mechanics -- Practice teaching Bones -- Joints and connective tissue -- Range of motion -- Muscles -- Bandhas -- Experiential learning -- Limitations -- Common conditions -- Relationship to the spine -- Principles of teaching + practice mechanics -- Vocabulary. |
| Summary |
"An innovative new yoga manual emphasizing the anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics of the body, resulting in a safer and more effective yogic practice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Hatha yoga -- Study and teaching.
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Human anatomy.
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Biomechanics.
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Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
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| ISBN |
9781623176334 (trade paperback) |
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